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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2020
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brian L. Schmidt, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Benjamin Keith Stein, Shoreview, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Ron A. Balczewski, Bloomington, MN (US);
Aleksandra Kharam, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to a method for treating a cancerous tumor located within a subject. The method can include applying one or more electric fields at or near a site of the cancerous tumor, where the cancerous tumor can include a cancerous cell population. The one or more applied electric fields are effective to delay mitosis and cause mitotic synchronization within a proportion of the cancerous cell population. The method can include removing the one or more electric fields to allow mitosis to proceed within the cancerous cell population. The method can include administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the subject after the one or more electric fields have been removed. Other embodiments are also included herein.